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Tag Archives: blackTimeless sequin bow shoes from Oli
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Ooh! I used to make pom-poms just like that when I was a kid! You know, with the two circles of cardboard, and the wool? OK, so maybe mine didn’t turn out exactly like the ones on these black sandals. Mine were probably a little more straggly and sad looking. But still: if only I’d thought to attach them to a pair of shoes, I could’ve sold them for £485 per pair and been rich by now – rich, I tells ya!
Ah, well. We can’t all be shoe designers! The pom-poms on these sandals are detachable, and I think that’s a very good thing, because I can’t imagine a single situation in my life in which I’d be likely to want or need to wear shoes that look like this. Once you force your eyes away from the “clown” element, however, there’s actually a really nice shoe hidden underneath: it’s just a shame the embellishments are so very distracting!
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Oh dear. I think I may just have identified my 72nd pair of shoes. And maybe the 73rd too, actually. Yes, I know they’re just plain peep toes, but during the warmer months of the year, I more or less live in plain peep toes: they’re one of my favourite style of shoes, the shape works with just about anything, and it so happens that I’ve been on the lookout for a red pair for quite some time now. And a nude pair. I could really be doing with a black pair too, and I’m not even joking here. Seriously, give me these three shoes, plus some peep-toe appropriate weather, and I bet I could wear nothing else on my feet for a month. Hey, maybe that should be my next shoe challenge?
The nude pair of these actually looks a little on the white side to me (even my pale legs aren’t quite that colour), but the red is just the shade I’m looking for: it’s bright, but not so bright that it looks cheap, which can sometimes be a problem with red shoes.
One of the best things about these, though, is the price. They’re just £25, and you can buy them at ASOS.com.
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These shoes have a real “supervillain” feel to them, don’t they? I think it’s something to do with that high”collar” detail at the heel. It reminds me of this:
She’d totally wear these shoes, wouldn’t she? They’re all angles and sharp edges, and there’s something very hard about them: so much so, in fact, that I think I’ll be giving them a miss. What do you think of them, though? Do you like them enough to spend £80 on them, I wonder? If so, you’ll find them at Faith.
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Yeah, I know: it’s a ruffle with a zip on it. Haven’t seen THAT before, have we?
Sarcasm aside, the “ruffle-trimmed-with-a-zip” look doesn’t seem to be going anywhere fast, and more than one shoe designer seems to have wholly abandoned themselves to it lately. Faith are the latest brand aboard the bandwagon, with these ‘Clippy’ court shoes, and as much as I’m starting to find the zip/ruffle thing a little bit tired, I just can’t dislike these: not when they’re bright blue, suede, and cute. (And the black’s not bad either.) These also come with another benefit: a heel which is that bit lower than the usual skyscrapers, although it’s still not exactly what you’d call “low”.
Like them? If you do, they’re £55 from here.
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These shoes have thrown me slightly, because I feel like I should like them much more than I actually do. The purple colour is glorious, the bow is cute… and yet something’s still holding me back. I think I’d probably like them more if those straps on the side were a little narrower: as they are, they look like they’d cover a lot more of the foot than I like in an evening shoe, but that may well just be the photography.
What do you think of them? If it’s unreserved approval, you can buy them for £325 at Kate Spade.
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These are another take on the “multiple bows on a high strap” theme which we saw a fair bit of last year, but I think the fact that these are black, rather than pink or some other “girlie” colour, makes them a lot less sugary than some of the other examples I’ve featured here.
Of course, it makes them a little less cute, too, but having seen a picture of them on someone’s foot (in the Next directory, but not available online), I can confirm that these look nicer when worn than they do in the images above. They’re £40, and available from Next.co.uk.
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Aren’t these lovely? A modern take on the t-bar, I could’ve lived without the mesh panels on the sides, but I don’t think they detract too much from the shoe either, so I’m not going o complain too much. It’s worth visiting the Browns website and zooming in on these to get the full effect: the t-bar is patent leather, the vamp is suede and the back of the shoe has a croc print, so there’s an interesting mix of textures which you can’t really appreciate from the small image.
These don’t come particularly cheap, at £430, but if you think they’re worth the investment, you can buy them here.
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